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Games like Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™

If Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™ is your kind of game, the closest matches are Plants vs. Zombies™ Garden Warfare 2: Deluxe Edition, Tidal Shock: Off The Hook and Guns N Stuff 2 — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its brand loyalty, open world exploration and competitive. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.

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Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville is a third-person shooter and faction-combat game from PopCap published by Electronic Arts, released in 2020 at a price of $8.99. Players engage in open-world exploration, story-quests, team-elimination, and boss-fights across both plant and zombie sides, with online co-op available. Reviewers describe the experience as funny, whimsical, and competitive, with players highlighting the open-world structure and quest variety as particularly engaging. Those with brand loyalty to the series find particular appeal in revisiting familiar territory. It holds a 76% positive rating from 3,447 Steam reviews and is not currently supported on Steam Deck. The game sits at a normal difficulty level with medium-length content designed for sit-down sessions.

About Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™: Kick some grass in Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville, the wackiest shooter yet!

2020ActionStrategyCasual8.99 USDMetacritic 77Windowsby PopCap
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Players who liked Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™ also play

Steam players who put hours into Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™ also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. Plants vs. Zombies™ Garden Warfare 2: Deluxe Edition

    WHY THIS

    Shares a competitive mood with Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™.

    Top pick for Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™.

    Ready the Peashooters and prepare for the craziest, funniest shooter in the universe: Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2.

    2022ActionStrategyCasual8.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Tidal Shock: Off The Hook

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™.

    Second-strongest match for Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Casual with Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™.

    It's a wet and wild PvP shooter for 2-12 players! Hunt down foes on high-speed torpedoes, Outmaneuver rivals with 360° tactics, and master 4 high-stakes game modes in sprawling underwater arenas. Always free to play, never pay to win!

    2025ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. Guns N Stuff 2

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Casual with Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™.

    A fast-paced third-person shooter with up to eight players. Fight with a variety of 40+ weapons on 40+ maps. Grab a weapon as quickly as possible, whether it is a simple pistol or a viking helmet, and get to killing.

    2022ActionIndieCasual6.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Multiplayer Shooter FPS

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™.

    Multiplayer Shooter FPS is an advanced multiplayer first-person shooter game.

    2023ActionSportsStrategy2.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Pillars Of Protection

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™.

    Pillars of Protection is a team-based tower defense game. Towers can take on complex movement paths. You can play online multiplayer in PvP or PvE modes. Build a base to protect your core from the onslaught of incoming monsters. Play as a shooter, melee, mover, or healing hero.

    2022ActionStrategyIndie2.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Dreams: Unlimited links

    WHY THIS

    Shares a competitive mood with Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™.

    Ranked #6 for Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Casual with Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™.

    《Dreams: Unlimited links》 is a third-person shooter competitive game that features a variety of unique heroes, exciting gameplay modes, and rich scene maps and battlegrounds. Players fight exciting battles against opponents, through diverse arsenal and model transitions.

    2023ActionCasualEarly Access2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Rogue Company

    WHY THIS

    Shares a competitive mood with Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™.

    Ranked #7 for Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™.

    Join 20+ million players in Rogue Company, the ultimate third-person tactical action shooter! Become an agent of Rogue Company and wield powerful weapons, high-tech gadgets, and game-changing abilities. Accept the mission and jump into a variety of 4v4 and 6v6 game modes. Play FREE today!

    2021ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Spacelords

    WHY THIS

    Shares a tense mood with Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™.

    Ranked #8 for Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™.

    Embark on an epic sci-fi, free-to-play adventure. Spacelords is a brand-new take on the shooter genre. Through its 4 vs 1 campaign, you experience both sides of the story: Join the Raiders in their fight to free the legendary Broken Planet, or switch sides and fight as the Antagonist alongside the invading hordes!

    2017ActionStrategyIndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. Plants vs. Zombies™ Garden Warfare 2: Deluxe Edition

    WHY THIS

    Shares a competitive mood with Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™.

    Reviewers of Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™ cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Strategy with Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™.

    Ready the Peashooters and prepare for the craziest, funniest shooter in the universe: Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2.

    2022ActionStrategyCasual8.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Bloons TD 6

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™.

    Reviewers of Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™ cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™.

    The Bloons are back and better than ever! Get ready for a massive 3D tower defense game designed to give you hours and hours of the best strategy gaming available.

    2018Strategy13.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. The Last of Us™ Part I

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™ cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™.

    Discover the award-winning game that inspired the critically acclaimed television show. Guide Joel and Ellie through a post-apocalyptic America, and encounter unforgettable allies and enemies in The Last of Us™.

    2023ActionAdventure59.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Team Fortress 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares a competitive mood with Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™.

    Reviewers of Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™ cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™.

    Nine distinct classes provide a broad range of tactical abilities and personalities. Constantly updated with new game modes, maps, equipment and, most importantly, hats!

    2007ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Guild Wars 2®

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™ cross-mention this title as a similar play.

    Guild Wars 2 is an award-winning online roleplaying game with fast-paced action combat, deep character customization, and no subscription fee required. Choose from an arsenal of professions and weapons, explore a vast open world, compete in PVP modes and more. Join over 16 million players now!

    2022AdventureMassively MultiplayerRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Overwatch®

    WHY THIS

    Shares a competitive mood with Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™.

    Reviewers of Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™ cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™.

    Overwatch®, A FUTURE WORTH FIGHTING FOR! Overwatch® is an always-on and ever-evolving free-to-play, team-based action game set in an optimistic future, where every match is the ultimate 5v5 or 6v6 battlefield brawl.

    2023ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Dungeon Warfare

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™.

    Reviewers of Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™ cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™.

    Dungeon Warfare is a challenging tower defense strategy game where you become a dungeon lord to defend your dungeons with deadliest of traps and insidious contraptions against greedy adventurers and wanna-be heroes.

    2015StrategyIndie9.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™ cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™.

    Scattered across five different regions, five special heroes must travel their own dangerous paths to grow in strength, unravel a demonic plot & ultimately save the world from chaos.

    2011StrategyRPGDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™ at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™ on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™.

    Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™ on Steam right now. Shares Action and Casual with Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™.

    Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Titanfall® 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™ on Steam right now. Shares Action with Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™.

    Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.

    2020Action4.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™ on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Casual with Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™.

    An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™ on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™.

    WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~89% under Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™ on Steam right now. Shares Action with Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™.

    Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™ on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™.

    Zombies are invading your home, and the only defense is your arsenal of plants! Armed with an alien nursery-worth of zombie-zapping plants like peashooters and cherry bombs, you'll need to think fast and plant faster to stop dozens of types of zombies dead in their tracks.

    2009Strategy4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™ on Steam right now. Shares Action with Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  2. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™.

    Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™.

    STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Counter-Strike:Global Offensive

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™.

    Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).

    2012ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™.

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Iron Snout

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™.

    Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.

    2016ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. The Lab

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!

    2016Free To PlayFreeSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™

Does Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™ work on Steam Deck?
Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™ is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
How much does Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™ cost?
Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™ is listed on Steam at 8.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™ have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™ supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, PvP).
What games are most similar to Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™ are Plants vs. Zombies™ Garden Warfare 2: Deluxe Edition, Tidal Shock: Off The Hook, Guns N Stuff 2.
Who developed Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™?
Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™ was developed by PopCap and published by Electronic Arts.

imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™.

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